Coin-collector.



No. 840.500. PATBNTED MAR. 12, 1907. F. R. MOBERTY 0 H. B. 00100000.v

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APPLIGATION FILED DIJON. 1904.

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No. 845,500: PATENTED MAR-12, 1907.

F. ILMOBERTY & H. B.:HOLMBS.'

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PPLITION FILED 1350.7, 1904.

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lPATENTE) MAR. 12, 1907. P. R. MOBERTY a; H. B. HOLMES.

` GOIN COLLECTOR. APPLIUATION ruw 1mg. 7. 19M.

No. 846,500'. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907,

' F. R. MUBBRTY @L H. B. HOLMES.

COIN COLLECTOR. APPLICATION 'FILED DB0. '1. 1904.

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PATENTBD MAR. 12, 1907. R RMOBERTY E H; B, HOLMES;

GOIN COLLECTOR. APPLIGATIQL' FILED DEO. 7. 1904.,

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AND HOWARD B. HOLMES, OFPRK ASSIGNORS TO-WESTERN 'ELEG-TRIO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, vA'CORPORATION 'OF ILLINOIS..`

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Specification of Letters'latent. ".'iiatented 121,2

` VApplicationfiled December 7,1904. `Serial No.235i858. I

Toq/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK R. .MOBERTY and HOWARD B. HOLMES, citizens of the United States, residing at y Evanston and Park Ridge, respectively, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefullrnprovements in. Coind Collectors, of which the following is a full,

clear, concise, and exact description.

so Our invention relates to a toll-box Or coincollector; and its object is to provide animproved device which will be especially' adaptedfor, use at a subscribers` station of a' telephone-exchange to receive coins of different y 1=5` sizes, the invention being directed particularly toward the means for operating signals to Ainform-the central-ofiice operator of the character'of the deposited coin.

d The device of our invention is of the genzo .eral type in which distinctive signals are operated under the control 'of deposited coins,

the signal given beingy dependent upon the kind of coin which is deposited, so that the operator may have a chcckupon the subfz 5 scriber to determine whether a coinof the.'

requisite value has been deposited.

Our invention contemplates a coin-collector having a movable temporary coin-receiver, together with a signal device and a series of` signal-controllers each adapted to cooperate with said signal device to produce i a distinctive succession'of signals, accordingr 43o the controller selected. The operative relation of the different controllers withv the signal deyice is controlled by a caliper-'lever .adapted to be adjusted by a coin in the re ceiver,'the controller selected beingdependent upon the adjustment of saidca'liper-lever.

We prefer to mount the temporary coinreceiver upon a rocking shaft, with signalwheels loosely mounted on the shaft and arranged to be rotated during the return movement of the receiver. The signal-wheels are provided with teeth, the teeth of each wheel eing spaced differently' than the teeth of its neighbors. The .caliper-lever when moved by a coin is adapted to bring'4 a triggerinto alinement with one of said 'disks or wheels, according to the; size ot the Adeposited coin, .the trigger when engaged by the teeth of any Wheel operating a'striker .to sound agong a certain number of times. The teeth of the -several wheels are so located that eachwheel during-the rotation thereof will cause aldiflerent number of teeth-to engage the'trigger than either of its neighb'orsyso' pro' ducing a distinctive signal, which .Willbe clearY and unmistakable. The' trigger and ^striker-lmay o eration or beating ofthe device, as by t 'e USG of1mpropercoins,&c. M

We will describe, our invention uref erence to the accompanying-1drawinganwlnch and the particular parts,'improvements, or `combinations which we consider novel. with us will be set forth in the appended claims;z=

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofzthe'wc'oincover in section. Fig. 2 isf a similar-view with the parts inan alternativejposition. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the coin-collector with the cover in section. Fi 4*is af vertical sectional view online 4 4 o Fig; '3. -`g1Fig. 5 is a vertical sectionalfview on` linef of Fig. 1, and Figs. 6 and 7 ar'e detail is a detail sectional view on line 8 Slof" Fig. .1 showing the construction of the temporary coin-receiver..l Fig.' 9 is a detail sectional view on line 9 9 of Fig. 1, showing the pawl carried by the coin-receiver for rotatingthe 'signal-controlling disks during."the l `return movement of the receiver. Fig. `10` is Aa detail view of the signal-operating mechanism vwhich is adjusted bythe caliper-leveryinto disks, d otal connection vof the handle citoill'ustrate its provision oflost motion. Fig. y1121' 1s a view on line 12 12 of Fig. 1. x

l The same parts are indicated by similar -improved means lfor `preventing iri-udulent collector embodying `our invention'.`- with the views ofl two of the signal-controlling disks.:` fFig'sS operative relation" to some' onefofithesignall and Fig. 11 is a detail view ofthefplvhave asupport kconnected withthecalfi-perillustrate the preferred embodiment-thereof, l

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.letters of reference in each of theiigures of the drawings. l The temporary com-recelver a is carried by a' rocking shaft b, having a handle c upon signal controllers or Wheels adapted to be rovof its. neighbors.

by a collar. f3, loosely mounted upon the the outside of the cover of the box for turning the shaft to move the coinreceiver for- Ward and a spring d for returning the shaft and coinreceiver .to their normal positions; The spring d may be connected with the -shaft through the medium of an arm d, carried by the shaft.v The coin-receiver has-an opening-'in the side Walla", through which a coin held in the receiver may' project such coin during the advance movement of the coin-receiver being ,adaptedto move a caliper-lever e, preferably by 'engagingan extension e', carried by said lever, the extent vof displacement of said lever depending, in the device shownfuponthediameter of the deposited coin.

The-caliper-leveris arranged-in its movement to adjust signal mechanism into operative'relation to -som'e one of a number of tated by the coin-receiver in its return movej ment, and so produce a distinctive signal,

according tofthe character ofthe coin deposited. The signal-Wheels may comprise va number of toothed disks f f f2, the spacing of the teeth of each Wheel differing from each The disks ,may be carried shaft b' and yarranged tobe rotated in the return4 movement ofthe coin-receiver. The collar f3 is provided ith ratchet-teeth f, Fig. 9, preferably four in number, at the end 4thereof adjacent tothe receiver, said teeth 'being located vat regular intervals around the circumference of the collar, and the coin-receiver may carry a pawl c2, adapted to'engagey said teeth to cause the collar and disks to rotate with the shaft b in the return movement of 4the receiver. In thel particular structure shown the pavrl will rotate the Wheels throughoutv a quarter-revolution duringthe return movement of the coin-receiver 0 and the teeth f 4 are so arranged that'the 4coin-receiver must' make acomplete 4forward movement l'before the paw-l can engage a tooth f 4 to rot-ate the Wheels. This prevents confusion in the operation of the device and consequent false signals which might ariseA from a deositor advancing the receiver less than the ll required distance before'allovv'- in it to return, Thecollar f3 also is provi ed at its other end with recesses f 6 therein, Fig. 5, located at regular intervals apart vfrom rotating with the shaft in the forward or setting movement ofthe handle c.

rThe signaly mechanism'adapted 'to be operatedby the signal-Wheels maycomprise a spiral steel gong g,x'with a striker g for sounding the same', the operation' of the striker being controlled by a trigger g2, which 'is adapted to be engaged by the teeth of any selected t signal-Wheel and to be operated thereby to sound a distinctive signal. The trigger and striker may be carried upon opposite ends of a lever pivoted to a support g3,

which is in turn pivoted to the framework of the device l, and connected by a link h with the caliper-lever e, to be moved thereby.

',Upon the movement of the caliper-lever'by a coin in the receiver as said receiver is rotated forward-that is, when the handle c (shown in Fig. 1) is pulled down toward the observer-the trigger-support g3 is moved into aposition to bring the trigger into alinement with one of the said disks, the position to which the trigger-support is moved being determined by the size of the coin. During the return movement of the receiver, which is brought about bysprin'g d'acting upon the l arm d', carried by the shaft '6,- the wheelsare rotated, andv a number of the teeth of the particular Wheel selected will engagev the trigger to operate the striker a certain number of times. In the present instance as the Wheels move through `a quarter-revolution during the return movement of the coin-receiver the number of times the gong is sounded will depend upon t-he number of teeth located upon a quarter of the circumference or periphery of the selected wheel. In the device illustrated the teeth upon the disks or signal-wheelsf f f2 are spaced so that the diskf will during this quarter-revolution operate the trigger once, andthe disks.

f f2 When in operative relation to the trigger: will actuate'the 'same tivo and three.

times, respectively, thus giving the different signals. lThese different signals may' correi spond to a nickel, a dime, and a quarter-dollar, respectively.

l During the advance movement of the coinreceiver vand after the trigger has been brought into alinement With the particular disk selected the coin passes beyondtheend of the caliper-plate e, which is arranged t-o fall behind it-,so that in case an attempt is made to retain the coin by bringing the receiver IIO back to its normal position with a coin ref maming therein the end of the caliper-plate will engage the coinanrl block the m'rnrn 6o l theV osition s own in: ig.`2,'whereu'pon the adjustment ofthe trigger.` .This is prefersegmentlmttolimit the return movementiof Aably accomplished by providing a slot h" in the 'link Min Which a stud-h2 ofthe triggersupport` g'slides, so' that the' link and lever 5 may-move back, although ythe trigger-support is held against'backward movement by the'ratchet-pawl'k. The coin-receiver may also carry an arc-shaped shield i, adapted to `bear [against and coverthe inner vmouth of the ycoin-chute l ment of .the coin-receiver, this' shield operatf ing to cut any thread or the like which may have beenf attached tol the coin... lWe also lprovide a locking device adaptedto main- `'position to `which itfmayibe adjusted, with means adapted `to be operated arter'l'the sigfv nal has been given i for `counter-acting the' locking d evic,e to restorefthesupportA and its apparatus to normal position. .i ijor this pur- Pose W@ Preferably employ a latch-bark, Se-

` `cured to the support g3, the. teeth of said bar be engagedby a'spring-acl being* adapted; tio

-tuat'ed dog. kv-When the handle 'c is' moved 25 forward to lockl the supportl in any osition to which it maybe adjusted. "As t e coin-v receiver returns to its normal position the `armd of theshaft b engagesa iingerkz, `cary ried' by saiddog, to move the same out of engagement withsa'id latch-bar, and so allow the support to return to its vnormal position. -A cash-box 1 is arrangedto receive the coin as it is discharged from the temporary preceiver' after the caliper-lever has 'been set; 35" In the present formof the 'device the coinreceiveris brought in to adiagonalposition at the end oi its advance movement, so that 'the coin simply falls therefrom intoithe box. The coin-receiver may have a rib a* upon 'the ko inner surface `of `each of its sides, so that a coin moistened` and placed-within therefr ceiver Will notv stick tothe sides,` but Will be ejected from the receiver into the cash-box at f the Xpro'per time. f

` il' 'tardin'g the movement of 'the coin-receiver `andassociated signal-Wheels, so that the "sigl nals produced bythe striker andzgongwillbe 'separated and distinct. may comprise a train of gear-Wheels and a `suitable fanfescapement, asshown.. v*4- Werp'rei'er'a'bly' mount a toothed se "ent m upoitlre-.shait b, Fig. 3, adapted toileVl ga'ged by a pfvoted ratchet-detentm as'the shaft 1s rocked forward, so thatthe shaft cannot `be given a partiallforward movement s and then allowed toreturn' to its normal position to produce a Wrong signal,i c The shaft must 'be rocked .throughout the entire distanceto brin the toolt"hed segmentm. into ratc ret-detentffm will return of itsiown Weight toa position Where it' will ermitthe return of thesegment m to' normal? The frame may 65 also carry a stop m2, adapted to engage the during the forward move- .tain the trigger-support in any v"operative e preferably provide mechanism for re-l This` mechanism they shaft carrying "the coin-'receivei.Rhe handle c may:hearrangedto have adeii'niltfe amount of lost motion with relationftb the@ shaft b, as shown in Fig. l1, so that a` .'person 7o attempting to` hasten the returnoi" ytlie-co'inreceiver byforcing 'back said?? handle "will simply inove'sith'e handle bac'k toits' originalposition againstja stop 'm3 The operation of the devicegfbrieiiy,isms follows: The subscriber iirstjid'eposits'fa :coing r in the` chute l', which; vleads lfrointheutside So of the box to the temporary coin-receinefa, and then pulls down the=handle or'levcn thus rocking theshaft b and carryinbfg"'thy ceiver a forward. i The coin'during's'ucl Ward moyement -off'the'rreceiver engagesithe 8 5 caliper-plate e 4and moves -the l'caliperilever e, theextent of displacement ofsaid lever de' i endinguponthe:diameter ofthecoiny rPhe ever tliereuponfmoves thesupport'g3 to brine;y the'trigger g2A intoalinement Withone of-saiddiskswfor example, -disk as shownfin Fig. 2. The coin attheend of saidl forward movementor' the v receiver passes into 'the cashbox l; Thearm dfvis' by the forward 'movi-1 J y mentofzthe' shaft raised-from en agement'with the finger le t'o allow thedog 7c to engage the 'teeth of thela-tchvbar*c,-carried by said-sup` port, to lock said support in itsaadjusted'posi'- tion. Upon releasing the 'handler @the .,shafti, bbegins itsre'turnmoveme Ft, impellfed Vthe spring fand the. awl (1 2,Which-is-in .engagement with one o .the ,teethfeetv the "-col lar f3, 4carrying the; 'sgnal Wheelsor'-sdisks,

ependi g uponthe.` period ofl revolution' of Ithe'di'sks-.

coin during the'forwardmovement vfor there 130 roo 4,

eects the rotation of'said collar and rrd-ishszgfe has 'be'c nV returned to its (O5 In'the present instance' as, the disks onl-ygrotee three teeth 'to veachquarterleoffite-periphery, ,1;

, coperate withsaid signal'device to produce' ceiver moves the'calipen'lever to' adjust the trigger to--a"p=osition out of alinement with any of such: disks, and accordingly as the disks revolverduring the return movement ofthe receiver the trigger will not be op? erated. 'f 'i We claim-Q l i 1.- In a tollfbox, the combinationwith a' al device, a.

movable coin-receiver, of'a si series -offsignal-controllers eac arranged to a distinctive succession ofsignalsv according to the controller selected, an a caliper-lever constructed and arranged vto be-adjusted by -a'coin' in the receiver, and to' bringdierent. ones. tof-"said" controllers and the si nal de-l vice' inta-operative relation to eac other,

the controller selected being-dependent upon? the adjustment of'said caliper-lever,- whereby a'distinctive succession ofsignals'lis. produced 4accordingto, the size of the deposited coin.`

2. vIna toll-box, the. combination with a movable temporary coin-receiver, ofa caliper-leyer-constructed and arranged to be adjusted by a coin'in said receiver'durin the advance-movement thereof, toothed isks arrangedto be rotated inthe movement of said coin-receiver, the 'teeth of Yeach disk being spaced differently rOm-itsneghborS, a signal-actuating device .arranged to be adjustedl by said caliper-lever and brought thereby into operative relation to'any disk,

according to the size of the deposited coin,"

theselected disky being a pte in its rotation to engage' said' signa actuating device to lproduce a distinctive signal. Y

- .3, In a t ll-box, vth'e combination with a -temporary-coin-receiver, of a-rocking shaft carrying said coin-receiver', a ca iper-lever "constructed and arranged to be operated by a'coin in said receiverduring the advance movement thereof, -a number of signalwheels loosely mounted upon said shaft and arranged to be rotated' by the coin-receiver in.A its return movement, and a signal-actuating ranged to be rotated vduring the return move' ment of said coin-receiver, a. signal-'actuating trigger 1n position to be moved bysaid lever into alinement Witlrany. one of said Wheels dependent upon the size of the deposited' coin, said trigger being engaged by the disk in its rotation to give a distinctive signal,

said caliper-lever when adjusted by a coin of improper size being arranged to move said signal-.controlling mechanism into a position t out of alinement with any of said wheels.

5. "In a toll-box, the combination with a rocking .temporary receiver, of a caliper-lever constructed .andarranged to beadjusted by a coin.v in thereceiver during the advance'` movement thereof, a signal device, actuating mechanism therefor adjusted by said -lever to a position ldependent upon the sizeV ofV theA depositedcoin, a locking device for holdin said actuatingv mechanism in its adjnste' lposi-tion, anumber of signal-vvheelsrotated during the return movement of said coinreceiver, -each of said signal-Wheels being arrangyed to operate fthe actuating mechanism .of Saidjsigaldevice to give' a distinctivesig- -naiaccording to the position of adjustment e of said'm'echanism,V and means actuated in the return of'saidf coinereceive'r for counteractlng'said locking device.

6; Ina toll-box, the combination ,with a rocking temporary receiver, of a caliper-lever 'constructed andarranged'to be adjustedbyaeoinin the receiver during the advance mmrement` thereof, a signal device; a striker therefor, a trigger controlling said striker, a

support for said'striker and trigger arranged to be adjusted by said caliper-lever to a position dependent upon thesizeof the depositedcoin, a number of toothed Wheels arranged :to be Arotated in the return movement of the eoinreceiver, the teeth of each WheelA vbeing spaced diiierently from its neighbors, the teeth 'of said plate during the rotation thereof being arranged 'to engage said trigger according to the position of adjustment and operate i oc thel signal device to produce ja distinctive signal.v .y l Y t 7. In a to1l-box,-the combination with a rocking shaft, of a temporary coin-receiver carried thereby, a 'caliper-lever constructed and arrangedto 'be set by a com 1n said receiver. during lts movement '1n one direction, a .collar looselymounted upon the shaft,

signal-Wheels secured thereto, teeth for said collar, a paWl carried by said .coin-receiver' vadapted to engage the teeth .of said collar during its return movement tov rotate the same, signal mechanism arranged to be moved by said caliper-leverinto operative relation tov any one of said Wheels, accordingtothesizeof the deposited coin, such'wheel during its rotation operating said mechanism'v fto produce a distinctive signal, and escapement mechanism arranged to -retard'the return movement. of said coin-receiver andthe rotation of said Wheels.

8. In a toll-box, thev combination with a rocking shaft, of a temporary coin-receiver carried thereby, a' caliper-lever constructed and arranged to be adjusted by a coin in the' receiver during the advance movement there# of, a'n'umber of toothed disks loosely mounted upon said rocking shaft andv arranged to be rotated in the return movement of 'said IIO j tinctive signal, a latch-bar carried by said.l

coin-receiver, the teeth of each. disk being spaced differently from the teeth of its neighbor, a gong, a striker therefor, a trig er conv trolling said striker, a support for sai trigger.

and' striker adapted to be adjusted by said caliper-lever to bringsaid trigger into aline- .-ment with any one of said disks, according to the size oi: the deposited coin, the teeth of said disk in its rotation engaging said trigger to produce a distinctive signal, a locking device arranged. to maintain said support in its adjusted jmsition, and means actuated in the return of said coin-reoeiver for counteraeting said locking device to release the said. support.

9. ln a toll-box, the' combination with a temporary coinereceiver, of a rocking shaft. carrying said com-receiver, a handle for mov-- ing said shaft forward, a caliper-lever constructed. and arranged to be set in the forward movement of said coin-rece1ver, a number of toothed disks loosely mounted upony said shafts andarrangedfto be rotated by said eoin-receiver in the return movement thereof, the teeth of each disk being spaced differently from its neighbors, an audible-sig nal` device, a striker ltherefor having a support arranged to be adjusted by said caliperi lever to bring the end of the striker into alinemeiit `with the teeth of any wheel according to the sizeof the deposited coin,

' whereby the striker will be operated a predetermined number of times to produce a dissupport, a detent arran ed to engage the teeth of said latolifbar to old the support in its adjusted position, an arm carried by said shaft, and a spring connected with said arm and adapted to effect the return of said comreceiver to its original position, said arm being arrangedin the end of its movement to engage said fet-ent to release the saidsup port.

Y' rocking shaft, of a temporary coin-receiver v carried thereby having an opening in the side 10,` In a toll-box, the combination with a for moving said caliper-plate back of each coin during the forward movement ofthe re ceiver to' prevent the coin from being carried back in the return movement of said receiver.

11. In a toit-box, the combination with a rocking shaft, of a temporary coin-receiver carried thereby havingan opening in the vthereof to adjust said lever, a cash-box arranged to receive a coin from said receiver at `side through 'which the coin placed therein projects, a lever,y 'a caliper-'plate carried i thereby arranged to be engaged by a` coin in the receiver during the advance movement the end of its forward movement, signalwheels adapted to be rotated by said coin-receiver inits return movement, signal mechanism arranged to be moved` by said lever` into alinement with any one of saidjwheels, according to the size ofthe deposited coin, to

be operated thereby in the rotation of .such l wheel` a locking device arranged tohold'said' signal mechanism in its adjusted position, said `caliper-plate falling behind the coinfafter ,thelocking of said signal mechanism to prevent the fraudulent return of the coin, said lever having a definite lost motion with respeet to saidsignal mechanism,lwliereby the lever'and caliper-plate may move to bring4 the end of the plate behind the coin without disturbing the adjustment of said Signat-com trolling mechanism.

12. In a toll-box, the combination ,with a rotating temporary coin-receiver, signal mechanism actuated in the return movement thereof, a handle for moving said coin-re'- ceiver, and stops limitinr the movement ofv said handle, said handig having a definite lostmotion-with respect to the receiver upon the return movement thereof, whereby undue interference with the signal mechanism by a forced return of the handle is prevented, as described.

13. In a toll-box, the combination with a rotatin temporary coin-receiver, of a transverse s ot therein arranged. to receive the coin, and ribs formed in said receiver in the sides of said slot upon which the coin is adapted to rest, wherebyT stiel. ing of the flat sides of the coin to .the walls ofthe receiver is coin-receiver, of a signal device, a series of controlling means each adapted to cause said. signal device to give a distinctive signal, and caliper mechanism associated with the coinreceiver, adapted to be ad'usted by a coin in thereceiver, and arrange to bring diHerent i f ones of said controlling means andthe signa device vinto operative relation to each other, the controlling means selected being dependent upon the adjustment of the caliper mechanism; whereby adistinctive succession of i3@ signals is produced according to the size of the deposited coin` 16. In a toll-box, the combination with a movable coin-carrier adapted to receive coins of various sizes, of a cash-box adapted to receive a coin of any of such sizes from said,

carrier at the end of its forward movement, means for preventing 'the return of the carrier until the coin therein has been discharged, and distinctive signal mechanism controlled by coins in said carrier.

17'. In a toll-box, the combination 'with a' 'movable coin-carrier, of a .cash-box into which a coin is discharged from said carrier at the end of its forward movement, a caliperlever constructed and arranged to be adjusted by a coin in said carrier, means controlled by said lever for preventing the return movement of the carrier until said coin `is discharged, and signal mechanism controlled by the adjustment of said lever.

18. [n `a toll-box, the combination with a movable coin-receiver, of a signal device, a seriesof signal-controlling mechanisms each arranged to coperate With'said Asignal device to produce a distinctive succession of signals, a caliper-lever constructed and arranged' to be adjusted by av coin in the re'- lceiver, and means controlled by the coin in its adjustment adapted to bring different ones of said signal-controlling mechanisms and the signal device into operative relation to each other, the signal-controlling mechanism selected being dependent upon the edf..

justment of said caliper-lever.

19. n a toll-box, the combination with a coin-receiver, of a signal device, a series of signal-controllers eaclci arranged to cooperate with said signal device to produce a distinctive signal, and a lever constructed and arranged to be adjusted by a coin in the receiver to bring different ones of said controllers andthe signal device into operative relation to each other, the controller selected being dependent upon the adjustment of said leve f movable coin-receiver, of a signal device, a series of distinctive signal-controllers, and a 'lever constructed and arranged to be ad- FRANK R. MCBERTY.

HOWARD B. HOLMES. Witnesses Fnnnnnicn P. McINTosH, ARTHUR G. TEYMEYER.

20. vIn autoll-boir, the combination Witha 

